Legal Opinion
Jody Parks Brown v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 16, 1976No. 76--1217PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Jody Parks Brown is an inmate in the custody of the Texas Department of Corrections, presently serving a seventy-five year sentence for robbery by firearms. Two indictments remain outstanding against petitioner in Criminal District Court No. 5 in Dallas County, Texas: C-74-754-QL (aggravated robbery), returned on February 11, 1974, and C-74-1005-QL (assault with intent to kill), returned on January 21, 1974. After various attempts in Texas courts to have these cases brought to trial, Brown brought this petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. §…
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